Holder for sliced articles



June, 6, 1933, F. TILNEY HOLDER FOR SLICED ARTICLES Filed June 23, 1931 v I INVENTOR.

BY 2 f ATTORNEYS Patented June 6, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FARRAR TILNEY, OF LEONIA, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL BAKING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK HOLDER FOR SLICED ARTICLES Application filed June 23,

This invention relates to a holder for bread, and, more particularly, to a device for securing together. and transporting slices of bread.

In general, it is the ob]ect of the inven- T tion to provide a device of the character described, which will efiiciently accomplish the purposes for which it is intended, which may be readily and economically manufactured and which may be manipulated with ease. Another object of the invention is to provide a collapsible holder for sliced bread.

A further object is to provide a self-fastening paper holder.

. A still further object is to provide a holder which will sufficiently support the ends and properly embrace the top of a group of sllced articles and which is constructed of a minimum of material.

Another object is to provide a holder of such design that a plurality of similar holders may be cut from a single sheet of material without any loss of material.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture. possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the appli cation of which will be indicated in the claims. For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the. following detailed description taken, in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Y Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from whdich the device shown in Fig. 1 is shaped; an

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a sheet from which 1931. Serial No. 546,223.

a plurality of devices similar to that shown in Fig. 1 may be cut.

The present invention contemplates a holder for sliced articles which is structurally suflicient to retain themsnugly, on display or during transportation. It is of importance that such holders be so shaped that they themselves may be shipped compactly or stored for re-use in a small space. The de vice described herein may be kept flat and extended before use, and after useit may be restored to such a state for stacking with other similar units.

A particular attribute of the invention herein described lies in the fact that a plurality of the devices may be formed from a sheet of material without any loss of material. This not only permits economy of substance, but also of effort and time. Each device is. ready for immediate use as it comes from the cutting machine. All complications in the machinery for cutting or stamping the single units from the sheet of raw material are eliminated.

In the embodiment of the invention disclosed in the drawin 10 is the base of the holder and is prefera 1y rectangular, with a width from side to side substantiall equal to the width of the slices which are to e held,

e. g., the width of a loaf of bread- The ends 11 are integral with the base. The portion of the ends adjacent the base may be as broad as the base. The height of the ends may be equal to the height of the slices. The tabs of straps 12 are integral with the ends and extend toward and overlap each other. Each tab may increase in width toward the end 11 as shown at 13, so as to have a width equal to the end at their junction. Each end may have awidth increasing for a certain distance from the tab toward the base at the same rate as the aforementioned tab increases. This increase is shown to cease at the points 14, where the end breadth is equal to the base breadth. The foregoing results in a portion trapezoidal portions form a single larger trapezoid. These portions are preferably isosceles trapezoids, the two non-parallel sides being equal. The blank may be scored, as at 16. to indicate the lines along which it' is to be folded.

The tabs may be provided with interlocking means, for example, with slits 15, so positioned that ends of opposite straps may be i verlapped and interlocked as shown in The tab portions 12 are intended to overlap and interlock as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To effectually accomplish this the tabs should be somewhat longer than the base 10. If they are so designed it is impossible to stamp out from a single sheet of material a number of h holder blanks without, considerable loss of material. This difliculty may be obviatediby somewhat lengthening the base 10 and then scoring it, as shown in Fig. 4, at points intermediate its ends. The ends 11 should also be scored at points nearer the base than their junctures with the tabs 12. hen this is done the effective length of the tabs 12 and the small portions of the sides 11, which are scored with them, is suflicient to permit the desired overlapping and interlocking. In addition, blanks scored as are those shown in Fig. 4, possess an added advantage in that the line of juncture between the tab and the sidewall, which is ordinarily the weakest point in the assembled holder, is considerably lengthened and thereby strengthened.

The relative dimensions of the device may vary so long as the tabs interlock, depending upon how much protection it is desired to give the various parts of the slices and upon the number. and shape of the slices. In the form shown, the tabs are one-fourth the width of the base.

The device may be made of any convenient material, preferably an easily flexible material such as 'paper. The device is not intended to be restricted in its use. It may be used to support a plurality of slices from one or several units and of difierent materials.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A holder for sliced articles, comprising a rectangular base, ends having a relatively large trapezoidal portion, and straps in a plane substantially parallel to and narrower than said base and adapted to interlock.

2. A holder for sliced articles, comprising a rectangular base substantially as broadas the base of the unit from which the articles are sliced, ends and straps narrower than said base, a portion of one end and a portion of one strap adjacent thereto when extended in the same plane forming a single trapezoid, the other end and strap being similarly shaped, said holder being adapted to present said articles so that said articles may be gripped about a corner in order to remove said articles.

3. A holder for sliced articles, comprising a rectangular base substantially as broad as the base of the unit from which the articles are sliced, ends and straps narrower than said base, a portion of one end and a portion of one strap adjacent thereto when extended in the same plane forming a single isosceles trapezoid, the other end and strap being similarly shaped, said holder being adapted to present said articles so that said articles may be gripped about a corner in order to remove said articles.

4. A holder blank for sliced articles, comprising a rectangular central portion substantially as broad as the base of the unit from which the articles are sliced, strap-like end portions narrower than said central portion, and intermediate trapezoidal portions, said straps having slits adapted to interlock when said blank is erected into a holder, said blank being adapted to form a holder from which the sliced articles may be removed by grasping certain of their corners.

5. A holder blank for sliced articles, comprising a rectangular central portion, straplike end portions and intermediate trapezoidal port-ions, said blank having a periphery such that a plurality of similar blanks may be arranged to form an unbroken plane.

6. A holder blank for sliced articles comprising a rectangular central portion, straplike end portions and intermediate portions having the shape of isosceles trapezoids, said blank having a periphery such that a plurality of similar blanks may be arranged to form an unbroken plane.

7. A holder blank for sliced articles, comprising a rectangular central portion, straplike end portions narrower than said central portion and intermediate trapezoidal portions, and scored intermediate the ends of said central portion and the ends of said trapezoidal portions.

8. A holder blank for sliced articles, comprising a rectangular central portion, straplike end portions narrower than said central portion and intermediate trapezoidal portions, and scored intermediate the ends of said central portion and intermediate the ends of said trapezoidal portions, each scored line in said rectangular portion being spaced from the line in the adjacent trapezoidal portion at a distance equal to the height of a sliced article.

, In testimony whereof I afiix my si ature.

Y FARRAR TIL Y. 

